Combination-garment.



J. M. VAN HEUSEN. COMBINATION GARMENT. APPLICATION FILED 00122. 1912.

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COMBINATION GARMENT. APPLICATION-FILEDOCT. 22. 1912.

Patented June; 13, 1916.

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' view thereof, with sleeves shown in Fig. l omitted; Fig. 3 rep- UNITED; STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. VAN HEUSEN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO INNOVATION SHIRT COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Application filed October 22, 1912. I Serial N 0. 727,102.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. VAN HEUSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Gan ments; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combination garments, and particularly combination garments intended to be put on and taken off in the same manner as a coat-shirt, and which shall nevertheless embody, in a single structure an upper body portion, and a lower thigh drawers portion which terminates. above the knee.

The characteristic feature of, my invention is that, while embodying in its struc ture facilityfor putting it on and taking it ofl after the manner of acoat-shirt, it is nevertheless, entirely closed in the rear and alon the crotch seams, to a point well up on t e front side of the garment, sufficient fullness being provided in the seat portion to permit the garment to be worn with comfort. As thus constructed, the garment is devoid of the usual overlapping rear flaps customary in combination garments, is of substantially a single thickness throughout, and is reliably but releasably closed by the front buttons and button hole edge. The resulting economy 'in material and cost of manufacture is therefore accompanied with simplicity of construction and adaptability to individual fit, while, at the same time, the garment is especially comfortable to the wearer, and can even be worn as an-outer garment, as, for instance, for track-racingand as pajamas.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front view of the.garment in its preferred form; Fig. 2 represents a rear the main portion of the resents a front view of the garment unbuttoned; and Fig. 4 represents a rear view thereof with the wearer in a seated posture.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, A indicates the main body portion of the garment, and B Specification of Letters Patent.

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indicates the thigh portions thereof. The. main body portion C of the back of the gar ment is connected with the seat portion D thereof in such manner as to provide the necessary fullness to permit the wearer to either bend over or toseat himself without discomfort, the parts being appropriately patterned, gathered and assembled, as will be understood by those skilled in the art. The rear or seat portion of the garment is entirely and permanently closed, as indicated, from. the waist-line downwardly and this closure is preserved along the two crotch seams b to a point 0 well up on the front portion of the garment. The garment is thus entirely closed in the rear, and can be therefore appropriately fitted to the wearer.

In front, the garment is provided with a set of buttons or like releasable fastenings at extending down the edge of one of the front panels and being then diverted laterally along the top side of the opposite drawer-leg; that is to say, beyond the line of the crotch seam of the opposite drawerleg and at such a distance therefrom as may be desired. As shown, however, this lateral divergence of the buttons or fastenings need not be more than is indicated in the drawing, the main consideration being that the fastenings shall be readily accessible to the wearer. For purposes of illustration, the garment is shown in the drawing as distended at its leg portions, as it would be while being worn. With the leg portions collapsed, however, as will be understood, the free edge of the button-hole carrying panel may be, and usually will be made straight, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3 so that, with striped goods, for instance, the

effect of the pattern will be preserved.

Whether the line of joining of the buttons and button holes is along the top one of the legs or the other is a matter of choice, and is immaterial to'the general function-of the garment. In general, however, it is preferred to eflectthe fastening along the top of the left leg, as shown.

By unbuttoning the garment from below upward for a sufficient distance it is entirely feasible, when desired, without taking off the garment, and before sitting down, to fully throw back the leg portion of the button hole panel and to shift it and the seat portion entirely out of the way, thus wholly dispensing with the necessity for open or separable rear flaps, while fully previces extending down the front thereof and' continuing laterally of the crotch, so as to permit it to be 7 conveniently put on and taken off, and being further provided with a permanently closed seat; substantially as described.

2. A combination garment, consisting oi a shirt and knee drawers, said garment being provided with releasable fastening devices extending down the frontnthereof and continuing laterally of the crotch, so as to permit it to be conveniently put on and taken oil, and being further provided with a permanently closed seat of substantially a' single thickness of fabric substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses JOHN M. VAN HEUS EN, Witnesses: Y

WILLIAM. L. Kmmm, IDA C. KEAY. 

